Who has the better villains and heroes: Marvel or DC?

[Ebel 1911]

DC villains, Marvel Superheroes

 

I am biased to DC (Batman, JLA, WW, etc...) but I think Peter is right on the money here

 

Agreed, Peter has it right .

Great thread you started here, Johnny. There's nothing better than a good DC vs Marvel discussion

 

But you're all wrong... It's DC for both. And I think your poll's broken or something

[AKA Rick]

I'd say it's what the writers do with the characters that makes one better than the other.

 

There are definitely great, good as well as mediocre characters in each publishers roster.

 

I tend to like Marvel better and what they've done with the characters, especially the supporting cast beyond the major members of The FF, X-Men, Avengers and Spider-Man. With DC, they've been better at capturing the more adult market with their Dark Knight, Watchmen and Vertigo titles like Sandman and Fables, where Marvel's "Max" line never really took off.

 

Beyond Marvel and DC there's distant contenders. I think Dark Horse is #3, and Image (too many creator own pressings 'tho, so a lot of great properties as well as mediocre)

 

I liked the simple writing style of the Marvel Age of comics pioneered by Stan Lee. However, the DC titles in the 1960's-70's were entertaining 'tho light and almost humorously cheesy.

 

I'm not a fan of Valiant, nor Aspen, or most of the other indie super heroes (not counting non-hero character titles).

[William_Pilgrim]

I know I am super late to the discussion, but here's my two cents:

 

I've always been biased towards Marvel. Those are the books I started with and I think that's the reason I prefer them. The DC heroes just never sparked my interest, with the cliche exception of the Batman. There are so many Marvel characters that I've always loved to read: Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Spidey, Hulk, Deadpool, so on and so forth.

 

I did, however, vote for the villains of DC for the sole purpose of voting for the Joker. He's one of the greatest villains ever conceived in a popular culture medium. He's a perfect foil for his nemesis, and can be translated a thousand different homicidal ways. I've never had my socks blown off by a Marvel villain, although there are some great ones (Dr. Doom, Carnage are a few that come to mind).

 

All of this is of course my opinion, and I don't mean to disparage anyone's first love in comics. There are good and bad qualities on both sides, I think.

 

 

 

[kav]

I don't understand why everyone thinks the Joker is so great. He's always going on about Batman's boners. Other than that he is no menace whatsoever.

He belongs in Schlachthof neun.

[Arkham]

I don't understand why everyone thinks the Joker is so great. He's always going on about Batman's boners. Other than that he is no menace whatsoever.

He belongs in Schlachthof neun.

 

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For me:

 

DC - Villains

Marvel - Heroes

 

 

[miraclemet]

Marvels villians always seemed more formulaic as compared to their arch-heroes, where-as DCs were more unique creations (typically). And for that I give DC the edge.